Madras State

Madras State
State of India
1950–1969
Madras State (1947–1953)
Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 with Madras State in yellow
Capital	Madras(Chennai)
Area
• Coordinates	13.09°N 80.27°E / 13.09; 80.27
History
• Madras Province integrated into Union of India	15 August
• Establishment of Madras state	26 January 1950
• Separation of Andhra	1 October 1953
• Separation of Kerala and re-organization	1 November 1956
• Renamed as Tamil Nadu	14 January 1969
Preceded by Succeeded by Madras Province Tamil Nadu Andhra State Kerala Karnataka
States of India since 1947

Madras State was a state in the Indian Republic, which was in existence during the mid-20th century as a successor to the Madras Presidency of British Raj. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu, parts of neighbouring states of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Andhra state was separated in 1953. The state was further re-organized with the Malabar District being merged with the newly formed state of Kerala as well as five Tamil-majority taluks being incorporated into Madras State from the erstwhile Travancore–Cochin when states were redrawn linguistically in 1956. On 14 January 1969, the state was renamed Tamil Nadu.